Famous Quotes

"Art is nature speeded up and God slowed down."

Malcolm De Chazal on Art

More quotes about Art

• "True art is characterized by an irresistible urge in the creative artist."

  Albert Einstein on Art

• "If you hear a voice within you say 'you cannot paint,' then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced."

  Vincent Van Gogh on Art

• "The highest art is always the most religious, and the greatest artist is always a devout person."

  Abraham Lincoln on Art

• "The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance."

  Aristotle on Art

• "A work of art is the unique result of a unique temperament."

  Oscar Wilde on Art

More quotes by Malcolm De Chazal

• "Monkeys are superior to men in this: when a monkey looks into a mirror, he sees a monkey."

• "Art is nature speeded up and God slowed down."

• "The flower in the vase smiles, but no longer laughs."

• "Laughter is regional: a smile extends over the whole face."

• "We sometimes laugh from ear to ear, but it would be impossible for a smile to be wider than the distance between our eyes."